diff --git a/packages/core/src/constants.ts b/packages/core/src/constants.ts
index cd37609..9909655 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/constants.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ export const markerColorAccessor = 'marker-color';
 export const dateOfVisitAccessor = 'date_of_visit';
 export const priorityLevelAccessor = 'priority_level';
 export const numOfSubmissionsAccessor = 'num_of_submissions';
+
+// magic strings
+export const AbortErrorName = 'AbortError';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/services/onaApi/services.ts b/packages/core/src/services/onaApi/services.ts
index f0fcfc9..ea129e1 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/services/onaApi/services.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/services/onaApi/services.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { flatMap } from 'lodash-es';
 import {
+  AbortErrorName,
   editSubmissionEndpoint,
   formEndpoint,
   markerColorAccessor,
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export const customFetch = async (input: RequestInfo, init?: RequestInit, logger
     retryOn: function (_, error, response) {
       let retry = false;
       const method = init?.method ?? 'GET';
-      if (error) {
+      if (error && error.name !== AbortErrorName) {
         retry = method === 'GET';
       }
       if (response) {